checkered

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checkered

adjective more checkered · most checkered · chequered

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches. That is a checkered tablecloth.
figuratively Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures. “What a checkered career!” said Newman.

verb chequered

participle, past simple past and past participle of checker

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adj divided into squares

Español	a cuadros, ajedrezado, escaqueado
日本語	格子模様の kōshi moyō no
中文	棋盤式的 /棋盘式的 qípánshì de, 方格相間的 /方格相间的 fānggé xiāngjiàn de, 黑白相間的 /黑白相间的 hēibái xiāngjiàn de
Português	quadriculado, axadrezado, xadrez
Français	à carreaux, échiqueté, carreauté, en damier
Deutsch	kariert, schachbrettartig
Italiano	scaccato, a quadri, quadrettato, a scacchi, a quadretti
Română	caroiat
Русский	кле́тчатый klétčatyj, в кле́тку v klétku
العربية	مُرَبَّعَات murabbaʕāt

adj changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures

日本語	数奇 sūki
中文	不穩定的 /不稳定的 bù wěndìng de, 變化無常的 /变化无常的 biànhuàwúcháng de, 問題叢生的 /问题丛生的 wèntí cóngshēng de
Deutsch	wechselvoll
Italiano	variegato, contrastato, a luci e ombre
Русский	пёстрый pjóstryj, изме́нчивый izménčivyj, разнообра́зный raznoobráznyj
العربية	مُرِيب murīb, مَشْكُوك فِيهِ maškūk fīhi

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@misc{checkered_2026,
  title = {checkered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/checkered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}