1. checkered - Adjective
2. checkered - Verb
4. checkered - Adjective Satellite
of Checker
Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.
Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFar better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt
And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the checkered shade. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. John Milton
My past is a bit checkered. Kid Rock
Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career. Sally Kellerman
Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead of developing a Christian counter-culture . John Stott
a checkered business career Source: Internet