not ours
Someone else's property
Not ours indicates something doesn't belong to the speaker's group—whether family, team, organization, or nation.
It establishes a boundary of possession or responsibility: That dog running loose? Not ours.
The phrase can disclaim involvement or distance oneself from something undesirable: Whatever mess they made, it's not ours to clean up.
- theirsThird-person plural possessive
- yoursPossessive for addressee
- foreignFrom another nation
- alienNon-native being
- borrowedTaken for temporary use
stolen · taken · belonging · possession · outsider · stranger · intruder · trespasser · no trespassing · private property · claimed · other · someone else's problem · none of my business · external · distant · excluded · forbidden