Meanings
present singular third person DNFs · participle present DNFing · participle past DNFed · past DNFed · participle past DNF'ed · past DNF'ed
- 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.
2 more examples
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, →ISBNOthers 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 Up With 3-Star Reads”, in Book Riot, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021
plural DNFs
- abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of disjunctive normal form.
- A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.
- UKabbreviationinitialismcartographyInitialism of Digital National Framework.
Cite this entry
DNF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNF
“DNF.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNF. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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