---
title: "no-binary-contrast"
description: "Flags formulaic binary-contrast constructions."
sidebar:
  label: "no-binary-contrast"
  badge: "Hard"
search:
  tags: [rule, static, detection]
---

| Property | Value |
| -------- | ----- |
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | `phrase` |
| Tier | `static` |
| Severity | `warning` |
| Intent | `detection` |
| Scope | `text` |

## Why

State the substantive point directly instead of staging a false choice.

## Examples

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Column>
    **Flagged**

    The question isn't the model. It's the eval.
  </Column>
  <Column>
    **Better**

    The eval matters more than the model.
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Turning it off

```sh
lawlint --disable no-binary-contrast draft.md
```

Or durably, in `.lawlint/config.json` — see [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration).