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Be Careful! However, don't say that someone `dislikes to do' something.
If you dislike someone or something, you find them unpleasant.
From what I know of him I dislike him intensely.
She disliked the theatre.
In conversation and in less formal writing, you don't normally use `dislike'. Instead, you use a negative word with like.
She doesn't like tennis.
I've never liked him.
You can say that someone dislikes doing something or doesn't like doing something.
Many people dislike following orders.
I don't like working in a team.
You can also say that someone doesn't like to do something.
He doesn't like to be told what to do.
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