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