How can I conjugate na adjective to say "want". For example: I want to hate -
嫌い + たい？

I want to not hate 嫌い ＋ たくない？
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Expressing desire with a な-adj
Short answer: you can't. たい form is only used with verbs. 嫌い, a な-adj, cannot
be conjugated into たい. However, you can come up with phrases that are
equivalent to what you're trying to express.

> 彼のことは嫌いになりたくない。  
>  I don't want to come to dislike him.

I also want to point out that 嫌う is indeed a verb, ~~but I do not think it is
ever used in 嫌いたくない. I could be wrong, as I am not a native speaker, but I
have never seen it used that way.~~ According to @naruto in the comments,
嫌いたくない also sounds natural, but is less common.
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