"despite pitfalls" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to show that there were challenges or difficulties present, but despite those challenges, something else still happened or was accomplished. Example: Despite pitfalls, the team was able to successfully launch their new product and increase their sales by 20%.
And despite pitfalls with IT systems gone expensively awry in the past few years, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, wants to make Britain the "most interesting country in the world" in terms of patients' access to data about their own records and the performance of hospitals and surgeons.
Despite pitfalls with cross-trial comparisons, inevitably clinicians will be forced to make treatment decisions [ 44].
Despite the pitfalls, other chains are experimenting with smaller formats.
But despite these pitfalls, there are plenty of benefits to social media.
Despite such pitfalls he was an excellent constituency MP, and an expert battler for the steelworks in both his constituencies.
Despite the pitfalls, Ms. Kiesel-Zabludovsky said she found instant messaging a useful way to communicate with her older daughter during her first year at college.
Despite potential pitfalls, many of the merchants involved in these programs say they have been able to attract new customers at little expense.
By expanding outwards, Bajrangi Bhaijaan works up this pair's progress – pressing on despite countless pitfalls and obstacles – into a possible analogy for the peace process.
Despite the pitfalls, almost half of those questioned in a recent survey by comparison site Moneysupermarket.com revealed they would not insure themselves for a holiday in Britain.
Despite these pitfalls, general relativity has flourished, delivering key insights into our understanding of the origin of time and the evolution of all the stars and galaxies in the cosmos.
