incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
is incurring
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present progressiveof incur (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Lowery said Epirus is incurring significant costs in maintaining its production capacity while it waits for larger orders to materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Mr. Cuticelli says the Ark is incurring “massive operational losses” and is in imminent danger of shutting down.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
Leiweke said his group does not envision using any of the city or county’s bonding capacity at this time and is incurring all the cost on its own.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2017
But the continued high budget deficits which the Saudi Government is incurring threaten to exhaust its $700-billion of financial reserves within five or so years.
From Time ● Jan. 7, 2016
He is gradually wearying of the siege; the pleasure of strutting about in a uniform and marching behind a drum hardly compensates for the pecuniary losses which he is incurring.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
