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The phrase "tragic embarrassment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation that is both unfortunate and causes feelings of shame or humiliation. Example: "The actor's public meltdown was a tragic embarrassment that left fans feeling heartbroken."
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Given the staggering array of tools granted to the national security state domestically since 9/11, it's a wonder (not to say a tragic embarrassment) that such killings occur again and again.
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Our last contorted expression will be a tragic mixture of horror and embarrassment as someone shovels a spadeful of icy gravel on to our face and those of every other corpse in the limey pit.
It modulates into funny and embarrassing, before it becomes unadulterated embarrassment verging on the deeply sad and even tragic.
It is tragic that millions of children suffer from pain and embarrassment of preventable pediatric dental disease.
On Fox, he described President Clinton as an "enormous embarrassment to the country," who was also a "tragic figure" with fundamental flaws.
The death of individuals is a tragic outcome of war, and Trent Lott's cavalier attitude toward the death and abuse of the Iraqi soldiers is an embarrassment to this country.
Resentment.... Embarrassment.
Whose embarrassment?
Just tragic".
Kinda tragic.
Diplomatic embarrassment?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com