DNF
Quit before finishing
DNF stands for "did not finish," used when someone fails to complete a race, competition, or other undertaking.
Common in motorsports, marathons, and video game speedrunning: She DNF'd at mile twenty due to a knee injury.
Online, DNF often describes abandoning a book partway through: I had to DNF—the writing was unbearable.
Not yet complete
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
- partialFavoring one side
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- unrealizedNot made actual
half-done · undone · unresolved · fragmentary · truncated · unfulfilled · uncompleted · pending
Leaving the workforce permanently
- lapOne complete circuit
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- motorsportMotorized vehicle racing
endurance · rally · breakdown · classified · standings · constructor · steward
Book cataloging platform
- shelfHorizontal storage surface
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- slogLaborious persistent effort
Failure to satisfy expectations
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- dejectionState of lowness
- discouragementLoss of confidence
frustration · regret · anticlimax · crushing · gutted · devastation · bitter · deflating
unfinished
Not yet complete
- incompleteLacking necessary parts
- partialFavoring one side
- abandonedLeft behind completely
unrealized · half-done · undone · unresolved · fragmentary · truncated · unfulfilled · uncompleted · pending · shelved
retirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
motorsport · endurance · rally · breakdown · classified · standings · constructor · steward
Goodreads
Book cataloging platform
- shelfHorizontal storage surface
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- dejectionState of lowness
discouragement · frustration · regret · anticlimax · crushing · gutted · devastation · bitter · deflating · agonizing
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- book culturereading, reader, book lover, bookworm, bibliophile
- race resultswin, winner, first place, second place, third place
- Triathlontriathlon, T1, T2, bike mount, Kona
- Marathon Termsfinish time, split times, pacing, race pace, qualifying time
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time
DNFfinished
Brought to an end
completed · finish · finisher · made it · went the distance
DNFfirst place
Winning position
winner · podium finish · victory · win · gold medal