lip-deep

adj

lip-deep

adj

1

Spoken or claimed but not actually believed; insincere.

Let us bring no more vain oblations, nor the empty formality of a lip-deep service.1870, Edward Garbett, The Soul's Life: Its Commencement, Progress and Maturity, page 115:

Related terms: lip devotion, lip-labour, lip service, lip wisdom

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