DNF

To fail to finish, as a sporting event or a piece of media.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Digital National Framework.

Noun

  1. Initialism of disjunctive normal form.
  2. A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.

Forms

DNFs

Verb hobbies, lifestyle

  1. Initialism of did not finish.

    Coordinate Terms: DNS DNQ

  2. Initialism of did not find.
  3. Initialism of do not follow.

Verb Entry 4

  1. To fail to finish, as a sporting event or a piece of media.
    • While I used to love them, now I keep DNFing superhero movies.
    • He'd DNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win. - 2014, Phil Gaimon, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, VeloPress, →ISBN:
    • Others refuse to ever DNF, slowly slogging through even the worst of books. I fall somewhere in the middle. I'll DNF a book early on if I realize I'm unlikely to enjoy it. - 2021 August 10, Danika Ellis, “I'm Breaking...

Forms

DNFs DNFing DNFed DNF'ed

Related

DSQ DQ Q