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

These vessels can blend into the ocean’s background noise and deploy advanced drones designed to confuse and distract enemy tracking systems. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025

Buffett’s strategy shows that interest rates are not merely background noise or fodder for CNBC headlines. —Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

In a video statement, Levin and executive producer Charles Latibeaudiere clarified that the background noise came from staff watching a car chase in a separate room. —Amanda Castro gabe Whisnant anna Commander toby Meyjes shane Croucher john Feng joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

This leads to signals that are often faint, easily drowned out by background noise, and difficult to isolate in complex biological environments such as blood or tissue. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025

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