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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Unexpected pop-ups, background noise during calls or your phone heating up even when idle can also be red flags.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
And still, these poor behemoths came off as little more than an afterthought, thunderous, costly background noise for the movies’ boring human stars.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 June 2025
Now the hits mostly sound like background noise for shopping malls and open-plan offices.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Set the tone that values aren’t background noise—they’re the operating system.
—Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2025
And still, these poor behemoths came off as little more than an afterthought, thunderous, costly background noise for the movies’ boring human stars.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 June 2025
Now the hits mostly sound like background noise for shopping malls and open-plan offices.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Set the tone that values aren’t background noise—they’re the operating system.
—Tara Fitzpatrick-Navarro, Forbes.com, 25 June 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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