wallflower
noun
UK /ˈwɔːəlflaʊər/ US /ˈwɑːlˌflaʊ.ɚ/
a shy person, especially a girl or woman, who is frightened to involve herself in social activities and does not attract much interest or attention:
Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance.
FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
a type of investment that investors are not very interested in because they think it does not have much value:
Because National Savings bonds are not very competitive, they are widely regarded as the wallflowers of the investment world.
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