The phrase "albeit unfortunate" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to acknowledge a situation or fact that is regrettable or undesirable while still recognizing its existence.
Example: "The project was completed on time, albeit unfortunate that it did not meet the client's expectations."
Alternatives: "although regrettable" or "even though it's unfortunate".
Our research, however, suggests that NASA was exhibiting a natural, albeit unfortunate, pattern of behavior common to many organizations.
The authors' research, however, suggests that NASA was exhibiting a natural, albeit unfortunate, pattern of behavior common in many organizations.
Education Department officials say that these are necessary, albeit unfortunate growing pains, and that parents who pay attention can find out when and why a school is in trouble.
The ongoing decline of many foundation species provides a set of important, albeit unfortunate, opportunities to develop the research tools, models, and metrics needed to identify foundation species, anticipate the cascade of immediate, short- and long-term changes in ecosystem structure and function that will follow from their loss, and provide options for remedial conservation and management.
As descriptions of many more languages continue to emerge, it is best to work with models from a number of languages in order to avoid the possibility of imposing the categories of one language upon another, a recurrent albeit unfortunate tendency among linguists, even in contemporary times.
When they learn about slavery, it is often presented as an isolated, albeit unfortunate phenomenon, disconnected from white supremacist ideologies that abetted it and the racism that continues as a pervasive part of American life today.
A decade ago, Westerners might never have heard of the new company, which is an obvious--albeit unfortunate--blend of the words "Nigeria" and "gaz". But today, bemused readers have circulated the news around the world.
Mr. Holmes à Court is among a minority of Australian cattle ranchers who view the latest outbreak of mad cow disease as a temporary window of opportunity, albeit an unfortunate one.
For my students, and for many others, being separate is just a step, albeit an unfortunate reality, on the journey to equality.
And this situation, albeit tragic and unfortunate, has the virtue of not involving clear moral wrongdoing.
She's 20 and acting out, albeit in an unfortunate if predictable manner.
