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  • past tense form of incur.
  • past participle of incur.
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incurred

American  
[in-kurd] / ɪnˈkɜrd /

adjective

  1. (of a usually undesirable consequence) experienced or brought upon oneself.

    The report did not reveal the exact number of disaster-affected families or the value of their incurred losses.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of incur.

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Etymology

Origin of incurred

incur ( def. ) + -ed 2

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That's because one of its stipulations is it requires a team to submit to the FIA evidence that was not available at the time the penalty was incurred.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Roughly $19 million of that is expected to be incurred during the current quarter that ends in late July.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Ford incurred about $2 billion on tariffs last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But there are some less-broad aspects of this bill that would benefit some athletes too, such as new medical benefits, including costs incurred from catastrophic injuries that exceed $90,000, and an end-of-college physical examination.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

It appeared that he had only stung the leg, not incurred a deeper injury.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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