Use context clues to select the best definition of the italicized word. Even though the hotel was supposed to be very homey and friendly, I found the staff to be inhospitable.

shabby
warm
inviting
expensive
unwelcoming
squeaky
dilapidated
preposterous
exciting

Even though the hotel was supposed to be very homey and friendly, I found the staff to be unwelcoming.

That fits the sentence and the mood of the sentence. They felt that even through the hotel was supposed to be homey and friendly. It didn't seem that way to them because of how the staff were acting.

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