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HTML

<ul>
  <li>Lorem ipsum dolor.</li>
  <li>Sit amet consectetuer.</li>
  <li class="ne-hover">Nehoverus proto necervenalos.</li>
  <li>Pretium vel interdum risus.</li>
</ul>

CSS

li:hover:not([class="ne-hover"]) {background: red;}