trial-and-error

English Thesaurus

1. relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory (adj.all)

similar	:	heuristic,
definition	:	of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation (adj.all)

2. trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated (adj.all)

similar	:	empiric, empirical,
definition	:	derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (adj.all)