checkered
adjective/ˈtʃekəd/
/ˈtʃekərd/
(especially North American English) (British English usually chequered)
- checkered past/history/career a person’s past, etc. that contains both successful and not successful periodsTopics Difficulty and failurec2
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- having a pattern of squares of different colours
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