Definition & Meaning of "checkered"in English

checkered

having a pattern of small squares with different colors

Dialect

American

checked

squared

Examples

She wore a checkered scarf with alternating black and white squares.

having gone through periods of both failure and success

eventful

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

ungradable

Examples

The artist ’s checkered career saw both critical acclaim and public indifference.

Lexical Tree

checkered

checker

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