background noise
noun
: undesired sound that is heard in a radio broadcast, a tape recording, etc.
The recording had a lot of background noise.
Examples of background noise in a Sentence
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Strong white papers are not just background noise and a page filler on your website.
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April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Your boss is a yeller, but by now his barking is just background noise.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
In a test call, my voice sounded clear and the mic did a fine job of mitigating background noise.
—PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Accuracy can drop if the audio is degraded or contains background noise.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Outdoor acoustic warning systems can transmit audible voice instructions over long distances, even in the presence of loud background noise.
—Richard Danforth, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Small clips of his craziness can be too easily dismissed as the background noise of our times.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
These hearing aids are not only ultra-discreet and comfortable, but their four-microphone design also reduces background noise and improves speech clarity.
—Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
Sometimes there was too much background noise to distinguish a clap, other times the Clapper responded to an incidental noise that was not a clap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
April Rudin, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Your boss is a yeller, but by now his barking is just background noise.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
In a test call, my voice sounded clear and the mic did a fine job of mitigating background noise.
—PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
Accuracy can drop if the audio is degraded or contains background noise.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Outdoor acoustic warning systems can transmit audible voice instructions over long distances, even in the presence of loud background noise.
—Richard Danforth, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Small clips of his craziness can be too easily dismissed as the background noise of our times.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
These hearing aids are not only ultra-discreet and comfortable, but their four-microphone design also reduces background noise and improves speech clarity.
—Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
Sometimes there was too much background noise to distinguish a clap, other times the Clapper responded to an incidental noise that was not a clap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
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“Background noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20noise. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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