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

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• self-incurred
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of incurred

incur ( def. ) + -ed ²

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Example Sentences

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incurred

In January of this year, the songstress filed a request asking that Bono be made to pay the $1,023,605.30 in legal fees that she had incurred during the battle.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Additional expenses incurred by the Orange County Fire Authority — estimated at $2.8 million — were not included in the $4-million total.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Reinecke incurred a slight injury to her right hand, but her mother was hit by the blown-out glass.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The models missed gains by being too conservative in bull markets and incurred heavy losses by trading too aggressively in bear markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Years later, Theodore Parker incurred the wrath of the pro-slavery forces in the country.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

Related Words

• acquire
• arouse
• earn
• obtain
• provoke