"checkered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more checkered [comparative], most checkered [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} checkered (comparative more checkered, superlative most checkered)
  1. Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches. Translations (divided into squares): مُرَبَّعَاتٍ (murabbaʕātin) (Arabic), axedrezáu (Asturian), кари́ран (karíran) (Bulgarian), ကျား (kya:) (Burmese), escacat (Catalan), endauat (Catalan), 有方格的 (yǒu fānggé de) (Chinese Mandarin), kostkovaný (Czech), kárový (Czech), ternet (Danish), dambordachtig (Dutch), schaakbordachtig (Dutch), geblokt (Dutch), ruudullinen (Finnish), à carreaux (French), échiqueté [especially] (French), carreauté [Louisiana] (French), axadrezado (Galician), kariert (German), schachbrettartig (German), kockás (Hungarian), pepita (Hungarian), seicear (Irish), scaccato (Italian), a quadri (Italian), quadrettato (Italian), a scacchi (Italian), a quadretti (Italian), 格子模様の (kōshi moyō no) (alt: こうしもようの) (Japanese), gandan (Malay), rutete (Norwegian), سطرنجلو (satranclı) (Ottoman Turkish), چارخانه (čârxâne) (Persian), kraciasty (Polish), w kratkę (Polish), quadriculado (Portuguese), axadrezado (Portuguese), xadrez (Portuguese), caroiat (Romanian), кле́тчатый (klétčatyj) (Russian), в кле́тку (v klétku) (Russian), коцкаст [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kockast [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), a cuadros (Spanish), ajedrezado (Spanish), escaqueado (Spanish), rutig (Swedish), schackrutig (Swedish), damalı (Turkish), satrançlı (Turkish), sgwarog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-checkered-en-adj-t9Y1eocV Disambiguation of 'divided into squares': 97 3
  2. (figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures. Tags: figuratively Translations (changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures): مُرِيب (murīb) (Arabic), مَشْكُوك فِيهِ (maškūk fīhi) (Arabic), пъстър (pǎstǎr) (Bulgarian), bont (Dutch), kirjava (Finnish), värikäs (Finnish), wechselvoll (German), tarka (english: lit. “colorful”) (Hungarian), tarkabarka (Hungarian), színes (Hungarian), változatos (english: changeable) (Hungarian), (eventful) fordulatos (Hungarian), eseménydús (Hungarian), mozgalmas (Hungarian), hányatott (english: marked by many problems or failures) (Hungarian), hányattatott (Hungarian), variegato (Italian), contrastato (Italian), a luci e ombre (Italian), пёстрый (pjóstryj) (Russian), изме́нчивый (izménčivyj) (Russian), разнообра́зный (raznoobráznyj) (Russian), brokig (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chequered [British] Derived forms: checkered flag, green-white-checkered, uncheckered Related terms: checked, chequered

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} checkered
  1. simple past and past participle of checker Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: checker
    Sense id: en-checkered-en-verb-OoH769pK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chequered [British]

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "murīb",
          "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
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          "word": "مَشْكُوك فِيهِ"
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          "word": "пъстър"
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          "word": "wechselvoll"
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          "word": "tarka"
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          "word": "tarkabarka"
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          "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "változatos"
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          "word": "eseménydús"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "mozgalmas"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
          "word": "hányatott"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "hányattatott"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "variegato"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "contrastato"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
          "word": "a luci e ombre"
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          "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
          "word": "пёстрый"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "word": "изме́нчивый"
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          "word": "разнообра́зный"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "word": "checkered flag"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "murabbaʕātin",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "مُرَبَّعَاتٍ"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "axedrezáu"
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "кари́ран"
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      "code": "my",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "ကျား"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "escacat"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "endauat"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu fānggé de",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "有方格的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "kostkovaný"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "kárový"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "ternet"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "dambordachtig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "schaakbordachtig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "geblokt"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "ruudullinen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "à carreaux"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "échiqueté"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "carreauté"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "axadrezado"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "kariert"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "schachbrettartig"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "kockás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "pepita"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "seicear"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "scaccato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "a quadri"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "quadrettato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "a scacchi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "rutete"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "سطرنجلو"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "چارخانه"
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "kraciasty"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "quadriculado"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "axadrezado"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "xadrez"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "caroiat"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klétčatyj",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "кле́тчатый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v klétku",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "в кле́тку"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
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      "word": "коцкаст"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "a cuadros"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "ajedrezado"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "escaqueado"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "rutig"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "schackrutig"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "damalı"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "satrançlı"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "divided into squares",
      "word": "sgwarog"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "murīb",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "مُرِيب"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maškūk fīhi",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "مَشْكُوك فِيهِ"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎstǎr",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "пъстър"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "bont"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "kirjava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "värikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "wechselvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "lit. “colorful”",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "tarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "tarkabarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "színes"
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "changeable",
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      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "változatos"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "(eventful) fordulatos"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "eseménydús"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "mozgalmas"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "marked by many problems or failures",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "hányatott"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "hányattatott"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "variegato"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "contrastato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "a luci e ombre"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pjóstryj",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "пёстрый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izménčivyj",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "изме́нчивый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznoobráznyj",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "разнообра́зный"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures",
      "word": "brokig"
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "checkered",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "checker"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simple past and past participle of checker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "checker",
          "checker#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ],
      "word": "chequered"
    }
  ],
  "word": "checkered"
}

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