background noise

noun

: undesired sound that is heard in a radio broadcast, a tape recording, etc.
The recording had a lot of background noise.

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If your productivity is constantly being hijacked by background noise, Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones might just save your days. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 July 2025 McDonald’s attempt to deploy IBM’s voice assistant in drive-thrus struggled with background noise, strong accents and any order that strayed from the script, leading to the program’s shutdown. Maria Zhang, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 The background noise, full of muffled singing along and way too loud ad-libs, makes the whole thing sound like it was done in one wild-ass take. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 July 2025 Inside the memory foam ear pads are seven layers of noise reduction, cutting background noise by 30 decibels. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for background noise

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“Background noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20noise. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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