Dull
Dull verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.
Toned
Toned adjective - Having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination.
Both words in one sentence
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Later novels toned down the gracefulness to be more in line with the boardgame, though still more graceful than they should be, because reading about a battlemech failing a piloting check and falling to its death from the top of a building would quickly get dull.
Source: Impossibly Graceful Giant
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