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chequered

chequered is the simple past and past participle of chequer.

chequered is the alternative spelling of checkered.

Meaning of chequer

Noun

chequer (plural chequers)

  1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.

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Meaning of checkered

Adjective

checkered (comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered)

  1. Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.
    • That is a checkered tablecloth.
  2. (figuratively) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
    • “What a checkered career!” said Newman.1876 October, Henry James, Jr., chapter XII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, →OCLC, page 197

Forms of chequered

comparativemore chequered
superlativemost chequered

Words formed from chequered

Phrases with chequered

Questions about chequered

What is chequered the simple past and past participle of?
Chequered is the simple past and past participle of chequer.

Words near chequered in the dictionary

  1. Chequerbent
  2. chequerboard
  3. chequerboarded
  4. chequerboarding
  5. chequerboards
  6. chequered
  7. chequered flag
  8. chequered flags
  9. chequered skipper
  10. chequered skippers
  11. chequeredness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequered (page history and authors); chequer (page history and authors); checkered (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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