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DNF.

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

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  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.
noun
  1. Initialism of disjunctive normal form.

    abbreviation · alt-of · initialism
  2. A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.

name
  1. Initialism of Digital National Framework.

    UK · abbreviation · alt-of · initialism
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.