0 the fact of being little in size or amount when compared with what is typical or average:
1 the fact of being limited or not impressive, or not very important:
"What's stopped us from meeting these challenges," he said, "is the smallness of our politics."
I love writers who take themselves out of the smallness of their own experiences and write about what it would be like to experience something that they haven't.
Seeing what she has to deal with makes me realize the smallness of my problems.
2 the fact of being ashamed or weak:
I had the smallness to be embarrassed because people were staring at us.