JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Sunny SM

HTML

<ul>
  <li>list item 1</li>
  <li>list item 2</li>
  <li class="notli">list item 3</li>
  <li class="notli">list item 4</li>
  <li>list item 5</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$("li").not(document.getElementsByClassName( "notli" )).css( "background-color", "red" );
/***********you can use following 
$("li").not(document.getElementsByClassName( "notli" )).css( "background-color", "red" );
$("li").not($( ".notli" )).css( "background-color", "red" );
$( "li" ).not( document.getElementById( "notli" ) ).css( "background-color", "red" );
***/