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HTML

<ul>
  <li class="disabled">
   <a href="http://google.com">Some text</a>
</li>
</ul>

CSS

li.disabled a {
  cursor: default;
  opacity: 0.6;
}
li.disabled{
  position: relative;
}
li.disabled:before{
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  content: "";
  opacity: 0;
}