Used in a Sentence

checkered

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for checkered.

Editorial note

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of checkered gathered in one view.

adjective

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

adjective

(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for checkered.

adjective

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

adjective

(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.

Example sentences

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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...

2

The rest of us -- post 3 mile island, post japan -- think the safety record is, charitably, checkered.

3

So that prevents them from having to redraw the checkered background every time you move the drawing.

4

Snowden's employment history isn't checkered, it was a clear upward trajectory, starting at the very bottom.

5

How about an in-row voxelperson or checkered flag, or something which indicates solved?

6

When I see my own chart, it's dense but when I view it as an anon it's barely checkered.

7

At my school, we set up independent studies frequently for students whose educational history is often checkered.

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Something I will always remember was walking on a black and white checkered tile, like a chessboard.

9

Agreed that it has a checkered past but actually is pretty good given that it has more functionality than what Google or Microsoft provides.

10

Now an 8x8 checkered board is not symmetrical for mirroring.

11

So any image including a checkered floor should qualify.

12

Before that it was a bouncing checkered beach ball.

Quote examples

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Especially given the "checkered employment history" he worked at CIA with security clearance.

2

The critical giveaway here is the phrase "checkered employment history".

3

How is "lipstick" and "checkered flag" a more appropriate tag than a more specific, less ambiguous and more concise technical word?

4

"I understand people being skeptical given Microsoft's checkered past with open source, but at least give them a chance to prove that they've changed." No.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use checkered in a sentence?

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...

What does checkered mean?

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

What part of speech is checkered?

checkered is commonly used as adjective.