'Add an Ignore file to github CODEOWNER

I have a simple repo that has branch protection / CODEOWNERs set to:

* @team

Is it possible to add a file / folder to CODEOWNER to make it be ignored?

Ive tried ! package.json and !package.json but both have made the CODEOWNERS file have an error.

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