Boring
Boring adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.
Usage example: I wish this book weren't so boring; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it
Charming
Charming adjective - Having an often mysterious or magical power to attract.
Usage example: a charming man who had no problem winning women's hearts
Both words in one sentence
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day calls this trope boring, and gives Delissia Le Fosse a choice between three suitors: charming club owner Nick, eager young Phil, or poor but passionate Michael.
Source: Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor -
However, Emma Jane mostly remains a Satellite Character and is not-so-subtly-described as being rather dull, somewhat bland, a bit boring and anything but as charming as Rebecca.
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The opposite of Prince Charming, a prince, or someone at least of high nobility, who is absolutely wrong for the heroine or Love Interest, because he is boring, shallow, or a total jerk (if not outright The Evil Prince).
Source: Prince Charmless
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