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Topic: SHAPES, PATTERNS

checkered

 adjective
     
check‧ered also chequered British English
1CF having a pattern made up of squares of two different colours:
a red and white checkered tablecloth
a checkered marble floor
2

have a checkered history/career/past etc

to have had periods of failure as well as successful times in your past:
This is an unusual building with a checkered history.
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