different between useless vs bellywark

English

Etymology

From use +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?s.l?s/

Adjective

useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)

1. Without use or possibility to be used.

2. Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).

3. (derogatory, of a person) Good-for-nothing; not dependable.

4. (colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

Synonyms

• (good-for-nothing): good-for-nothing
• (unable to do well): unskillful

Antonyms

• skillful, useful

Derived terms

• uselessly
• uselessness

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• belly-wark, bellywaak, belly-waak (East Yorkshire), bellywahk, belly-wahk (East Yorkshire), bellywarch, belly-warch, bally-warche (Cheshire, Staffordshire), bellywartch, bally-wartch, belly-wartch (Lancashire), bellywerch, belly-werch (Lancashire), bellywork, belly-work (Cumbria, Lincolnshire)

Etymology

From belly +? wark (“pain”).

Noun

bellywark (countable and uncountable, plural bellywarks)

1. (Midlands and Northern England) A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bellywark.
2. (Yorkshire, games) A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[2], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 238