The phrase "albeit bad" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to acknowledge a negative aspect or quality while still recognizing something else that may be positive or acceptable.
Example: "The movie was entertaining, albeit bad in terms of plot development."
Alternatives: "although poor" or "even if it's bad".
Get out and vote," wrote Madonna, with good intentions, albeit bad spelling.
Overall the FTSE 100 has fallen 38.33 points to 6147.26, not helped by news that the UK construction sector had grown at its slowest rate in nearly three years, albeit bad economic news delays the prospect of any UK rate rise.
Of course, discounts are generally good for the individual consumer, albeit bad for the overall economy.
The Jordanian leadership looks at even the worst offenders as part of the family, albeit bad ones, and therefore in need of reform rather than of punishment.
For folks my grandmother's age, Johnson was the real-life incarnation of John Henry, the original, albeit mythic "bad" brother.
Dr. Hecker was impressed by the scale and sophistication of the enrichment plant, and the general economic situation — albeit very bad by the normal standards — has clearly improved in the last years.
Yet those who advocated ending Clinton's presidency on the grounds that he lacked integrity would sometimes make the opposite argument: that Clinton had an integrity -- albeit a bad integrity -- that he was practicing in secret.
What's next, his potty training?" The unspoken logic of this argument is that what Ford describes is not assault but sex ― albeit, perhaps, bad sex.
The Romans also had a taste for wigs, albeit a rather bad taste.
The tomato sauce is not bad, albeit in a flat, muffled, jarred-pasta-sauce way, but there needs to be more of it to titivate a thick, bready base that lacks the lactic zing you expect of a fermented sourdough.
"The words 'now seriously' make it very clear that I was making a joke, albeit a very bad one, but they were not mentioned in the first reports and I was deluged with hate mail," Hunt said.
