Note: in AM, use 'checkered'
1.
If a person or organization has had a ~ career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
He had a ~ political career spanning nearly forty years...
Alan had led a very ~ past and had been to prison lots of times.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
Something that is ~ has a pattern with squares of two or more different colours.
...red ~ tablecloths.
= checked
ADJ: ADJ n