checkered

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. patterned with alternating squares of color

Similar word(s): patterned, checked, chequered

2. marked by changeable fortune

- a checkered business career

Similar word(s): changeable, changeful

Sentences with checkered as an adjective:

- That is a checkered tablecloth.

- I have a checkered past.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checker