# Ad-Hoc Pattern Mixing

> Combining unrelated design patterns arbitrarily with no coherent rationale, producing an inconsistent structure.

Record: `lexicon:ad-hoc-pattern-mixing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-ad-hoc-pattern-mixing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ad-Hoc Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ad-hoc-design.md) and before [Analysis Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/analysis-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Negated by

- [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pattern-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)