n.
1.(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
Idiom of the Day
out of place
in the wrong place, at the wrong time, improper
The woman's comments at the party were out of place. She should have said them another time.