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excepted

 
 
/ɪkˈseptɪd/ adjective [always after noun] formal

Definition

not included: Everybody who was asked, myself excepted, said no.
(Definition of excepted adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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