antipatterns

Noun

antipattern (plural antipatterns)

1. A design pattern that may be commonly used, but is ineffective or counterproductive in practice.
   • If a Design Pattern gives you a general solution to a recurring problem in a particular context, then what does an anti-pattern give you? An Anti-Pattern tells you how to go from a problem to a BAD solution.2004, Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Head First Design Patterns, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 612