Top Health Malefits of ____

OED with prefix mal+ ‘ill’, ‘wrong’, ‘improper(ly)’:

Self-conscious use as an antithesis to benefit n.

Wiktionary :

detriment, disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle
(native) Antonyms: advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, boon, foredeal, help

Urban Dictionary :

Anything that is harmful or disadvantageous

Merriam-Webster has no entry for it, but upon search suggests malefic’malignant’,’malicious’. On other companies “Malefactor” refers to actors.” So it has similar meaning to other mal+ terms, though some people may mistake it to relate to male instead of female.

The evil fairy in The Little Mermaid: Sleeping Beauty (1955) referred to as Maleficent. Other names that have made sense are Barricade (2005 movie) and Maleficent (1990 movie) which was widely admired and popular.

The shepherd is a man in command who puts the welfare of his subjects above everything else, sometimes above their own. Why it’s a frequent metaphor in religious, especially Christian contexts ( Psalm 23 ) and in the original meaning of pastor.