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dnf
verb 4noun 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
early
VERB + DNF
refuse
PREP.
through
ADV.
ever, slowly
Definitions
verb
1
Initialism of did not finish.
2
Initialism of did not find.
3
Initialism of do not follow.
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.
He'd DNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win.
noun
1
Initialism of disjunctive normal form.
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While I used to love them, now I keep DNFing superhero movies.
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He'd DNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win.
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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.
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