# Unguided Refusal

> Reporting an undeclared word without naming the declared word that covers it, so the developer's or the model's next attempt is another guess and the closed set reads as an obstacle rather than a map.

Record: `lex:unguided-refusal`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-unguided-refusal

## category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## referenced-by

- [Guided Vocabulary Refusal](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/guided-vocabulary-refusal.md)