Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dnf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: dnf
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Initialism of did not finish.

verb

Initialism of did not find.

verb

Initialism of do not follow.

verb

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

noun

Initialism of disjunctive normal form.

noun

A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.

name

Initialism of Digital National Framework.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

DNFs (present, singular) DNFing (participle, present) DNFed (participle, past) DNFed (past) DNF'ed (participle, past) DNF'ed (past) DNFs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

DNS DNQ DSQ DQ Q

Questions

What does dnf mean?: Initialism of did not finish.

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