If なのに already shows contradiction, what's the purpose of 'んだけど'? Would be
possible? Example: 変顔なのに可愛いんだけど
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なのに and んだけど in the same sentence
> 「変顔{へんがお} **なのに** 可愛{かわい}いんだ **けど** 。」 ("S/He's got a funny face, but s/he
> is cute....")

is a **_perfectly_** natural-sounding (and informal) sentence. How could it
be?

「けど」, when used **_mid-sentence_** , is a contradictory conjunction as you
seem to have already learned.

When 「けど」 is used at the **_end of a sentence_** as a sentence-ending
particle, however, it is a whole different story. **_It is used to beat around
the bush by not expressing oneself clearly_**.

To discuss what was left unsaid would be difficult without more context and/or
a background story, but it would be something along the lines of 「なんでだろう」
("why would that be?")、「変{へん}だよね」 ("It's so weird"), etc.

See definition #4 in
[大辞林](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%91%E3%82%8C%E3%81%A9%E3%82%82-491210#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)
where it says:

> ④ はっきり言{い}わず、遠回{とおまわ}しに述{の}べる気持{きも}ちを表{あらわ}す。

That means what I said above about beating around the bush.
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