as opposed to “an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on, especially without the speaker realizing”
as opposed to “an apparent error in which a microphone is switched on or remains on, especially without the speaker realizing”
That only lands you technically correct, not idiomatically.
The best kind of correct!
(I’m with you on this one btw, it’s not the meaning they were going for here, they used it for clicks)