the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The condition or quality of being insignificant; lack of significance, sense, or meaning.
n. Lack of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy.
n. Lack of claim to consideration or notice; lack of influence or standing; meanness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of significance or import; unimportance; triviality; meanness; want of force, influence, or consideration.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. the quality of having little or no significance
Word Usage
"With our numbers and technology the way they are now, our former shell of global insignificance is broken, and the old ways will not promote our survival or growth anymore."