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comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered
Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. examples
(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures. quotations examples
“What a checkered career!” said Newman.
1876–1877, Henry James, Jr., The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, page 197
simple past and past participle of checker examples