How to Select Element That Does Not have Specific Class

This selects the second LI element.

document.querySelector("li:not([class])")

or

document.querySelector("li:not(.completed):not(.selected)")

Example:

// select li which doesn't have a 'class' attribute...
console.log(document.querySelector("li:not([class])"))

// select li which doesn't have a '.completed' and a '.selected' class...
console.log(document.querySelector("li:not(.completed):not(.selected)"))
 <ul id="tasks">
    <li class="completed selected">One Task</li>
    <li>Two Task</li>
  </ul>

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