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Checkered

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

    "That is a checkered tablecloth."

  2. 2
    Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures. figuratively

    "“What a checkered career!” said Newman."

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by changeable fortune wordnet
  2. 2
    patterned with alternating squares of color wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of checker form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From checker + -ed.

Etymology 2

From checker + -ed.

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