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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Free-Form Folder Level](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/free-form-folder-level.md) and before [Borrowed Synonymy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/borrowed-synonymy.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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