lip service

noun

: an avowal of advocacy, adherence, or allegiance expressed in words but not backed by deeds

—usually used with pay

Examples of lip service in a Sentence

She paid lip service to blue-collar workers, but she did nothing to help them. So far all we've gotten from him is lip service.

Recent Examples on the Web The series takes aim at the hypocrisy of corporations that pay lip service to going green but will jump into bed with oil if enough money is on the line. —

Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 Surely, an enormous tragedy is being written making Oedipus tragedy one of immaterial lip service. —

Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024 Republicans do occasionally pay lip service to such proposals. —

Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024 Until then, the Olympics are a greenwash, a pale bit of lip service delivered at a time when climatological facts demand a systematic transformation in splendid Technicolor. —

Jules Boykoff, Scientific American, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lip service

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