Highfalutin in a sentence as an adjective

Artificial intelligence is a highfalutin way of saying cool computer tricks.

And then next week we will get an article on how not to alienate your readers with pointless, highfalutin language like "sagacious" and "jubilant.

Stephenson created a plausible future that dealt with what people would deal with in all conceptual scales, from highfalutin cultural organization of government and religion all the way down to teenagers interests in food and clothing.

Highfalutin definitions

adjective

affectedly genteel

See also: grandiose hifalutin highfaluting hoity-toity la-di-da