Cloudflare with external DNS

I am new to CF and I want to keep DNS for my domain external to Cloudflare and only use Cloudflare for a subdomain. Is this possible ? I have added a cname record for the subdomain but the CF domain shows:

Status: Website not active (DNS modification pending)

Please ensure your website is using the nameservers provided:

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