skin-deep

[ skin-deep ]
/ ˈskɪnˈdip /

adjective

superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.

adverb

slightly; superficially: He went into the subject only skin-deep.

Origin of skin-deep

First recorded in 1605–15

British Dictionary definitions for skin deep

skin-deep

adjective

superficial; shallow

adverb

superficially

Idioms and Phrases with skin deep

skin deep

see beauty is only skin deep.