dead air

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   an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound

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Questions about dead air

What does dead air mean?

dead air means "an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound".

Is dead air a common word?

dead air is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.