# Downward Nesting

> Relieving collision or breadth pressure by adding a folder level, breaking the depth cap that both overflow slots exist to protect.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Concern-Swallowing Compound](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/concern-swallowing-compound.md) and before [Automated Reshape](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/automated-reshape.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Bounded Nesting Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bounded-nesting-depth.md)
- [Sideways Overflow](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/sideways-overflow.md)

## Linked from

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