"hate spending" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express a strong dislike or aversion towards using or consuming something, particularly in reference to time, money, or effort. Example: "I hate spending money on expensive designer clothes, it feels like such a waste when I could find similar options for cheaper prices."
"I'm always looking to wear the designers we cover, but I hate spending so much money," Enowitz said.
People hate spending a fortune on fire prevention unless they can see that lots of things are on fire.
But I've never heard someone say, 'I hate spending time on my phone.' Now, someone's wife may say it about their husband and his phone".
I hate spending Thanksgiving either locked away in the kitchen or faced with a lot of kibitzers (I am incapable of cooking and chatting at the same time).
"I hate spending money generally, so you can imagine what I think about the fees," says Isabel, who has come to study history.
I am not a shopper by nature; crowds bother me and I hate spending money, so I stumbled upon the world of auctions by accident.
But I hated spending three days without computers.
He hates spending time with people he might not like, and there's no way he's going to share a meal with them.
Her mother hated spending money or having anyone else spend money for her; she'd survived the Holocaust and camps for displaced people in Europe, which surely helps explain why.
The elder Mr. Hayman, who had built a successful cash register business, hated spending money on lawyers and accountants, and did not mind the idea that his assets might go to the government as taxes.
"That may have been crazy to take on," Hoffman said, "but as much as I hated spending Sundays — which was my day off — attending production meetings, it took me away from the obsession of acting the part.
