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

Recent Examples on the Web

Many merchants read regulatory headlines as background noise, not something that changes checkout architecture. — Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The device’s adaptive audio automatically shifts between active noise cancellation and transparency mode depending on the background noise, said Dave Pakula, VP of hardware engineering for Apple, during the Apple presentation. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Investors are no longer treating the loop as background noise, repricing oil, bonds and taking into consideration a hawkish Fed. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The earplugs filter out distracting background noise by up to 16 dB (SNR) and come with four different ear tip sizes. — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for background noise

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