checkered

About 0.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   That is a checkered tablecloth.

2. adjective Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
3. verb simple past and past participle of checker

Similar words

checked chequered patterned tabular mixed disproportionate uneven variegated chequerwise striped

Often followed by

career history with past flag shirt pattern and by tablecloth

Word family

checkereder checkeredest