DNF

D2N1F4

verb

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.”

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

verb
  1. abbreviationinitialismhobbiesInitialism of did not finish.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of did not find.
  3. Internetabbreviationinitialismsocial mediaInitialism of do not follow.
verbDNF (third-person singular simple present DNFs, present participle DNFing, simple past and past participle DNFed or DNF'ed)

present singular third person DNFs · participle present DNFing · participle past DNFed · past DNFed · participle past DNF'ed · past DNF'ed

  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.

    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, →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 Up With 3-Star Reads”, in Book Riot, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021
nounDNF (plural DNFs)

plural DNFs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmathematicsInitialism of disjunctive normal form.
  2. A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.
proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismcartographyInitialism of Digital National Framework.
Cite this entry
APA

DNF. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNF

MLA

“DNF.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNF. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DNF,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNF.

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